Kurt Weill
02.03.1900—03.04.1950

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Kurt Weill
Der Lindberghflug / Der Ozeanflug | for tenor, baritone, bass, mixed choir and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1929
Subtitle: Radiolehrstück
Scored for: for tenor, baritone, bass, mixed choir and orchestra
Composer: Kurt Weill
Librettist: Bertolt Brecht
Original Language: Deutsch
Translator: George Antheil
Parts: Tenor (Lindbergh), Bariton, Bass
Choir: SATB
Soloinstruments/Soloists: Tenor, Bariton, Bass
Instrumentation: 2 0 2 2 - 0 2 2 0 - timp/perc, pno, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute (+picc); 2nd flute (+picc); 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 1st trumpet in Bb; 2nd trumpet in Bb; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; timpani; piano; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 40
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Work Introduction

Aged just 26, Kurt Weill realised that radio offered the potential for a new genre of art. Subtitled ‘Radiolehrstück’ (teaching piece for radio), Der Lindberghflug (text: Bertolt Brecht) was a product of this idea. It consists of 16 short sections, the shortest lasting barely a minute [...]

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